I've been a Marvel Comics fan since I was a kid, so I'm always going to give these movies a chance. Thor is one of my least favourite characters though... having a Norse God flying around in 20th century America always seemed a bit dumb to me.
So it is probably a good move to set the Thor movies mostly in Asgard and its related otherworldly realms.
Thor: The Dark World is mostly a good action romp. Chris Hemsworth is great as Thor, Tom Hiddleston is even better as Loki and there are plenty of decent supporting performances.
Unfortunately, despite having a great actor to play the bad guy (Christopher Eccleston is one of my favourite actors of all time) and some great effects, the Malekith character is woefully under-developed. Eccleston does brilliantly with what he's given (as usual) but he's not got a lot to work with... we just get shown that Malekith wants to make the Universe dark... and that's about it... he's a dark elf, he likes the dark, that's about it.
Accepting the weak plot, we can just enjoy the efforts of Thor and friends to battle the baddies. Don't ask what the stick things are that the not-actually-mad scientist makes to tackle the Aether... and don't ask what the Aether is (there's a clue at the end during the credits).
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